Biological Assembly 1  

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Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 29237.26 
• Atom Count: 2031 
• Residue Count: 259 
• Unique protein chains: 1

1CCS

STRUCTURE-ASSISTED REDESIGN OF A PROTEIN-ZINC BINDING SITE WITH FEMTOMOLAR AFFINITY

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1CCS/pdb

• Classification: LYASE (OXO-ACID)
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens


• Deposited: 1994-12-09 Released: 1995-02-07 
• Deposition Author(s): Ippolito, J.A., Christianson, D.W.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.35 Å

Literature

Structure-assisted redesign of a protein-zinc-binding site with femtomolar affinity.

Ippolito, J.A., Baird Jr., T.T., McGee, S.A., Christianson, D.W., Fierke, C.A.

(1995) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 92: 5017-5021

• PubMed: 7761440 
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  1CCU, 1CCT


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

We have inserted a fourth protein ligand into the zinc coordination polyhedron of carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) that increases metal affinity 200-fold (Kd = 20 fM). The three-dimensional structures of threonine-199-->aspartate (T199D) and threonine-199-->glutamate (T199E) CAIIs, determined by x-ray crystallographic methods to resolutions of 2.35 Angstrum and 2.2 Angstrum, respectively, reveal a tetrahedral metal-binding site consisting of H94, H96, H119, and the engineered carboxylate side chain, which displaces zinc-bound hydroxide. Although the stereochemistry of neither engineered carboxylate-zinc interaction is comparable to that found in naturally occurring protein zinc-binding sites, protein-zinc affinity is enhanced in T199E CAII demonstrating that ligand-metal separation is a significant determinant of carboxylate-zinc affinity. In contrast, the three-dimensional structure of threonine-199-->histidine (T199H) CAII, determined to 2.25-Angstrum resolution, indicates that the engineered imidazole side chain rotates away from the metal and does not coordinate to zinc; this results in a weaker zinc-binding site. All three of these substitutions nearly obliterate CO2 hydrase activity, consistent with the role of zinc-bound hydroxide as catalytic nucleophile. The engineering of an additional protein ligand represents a general approach for increasing protein-metal affinity if the side chain can adopt a reasonable conformation and achieve inner-sphere zinc coordination. Moreover, this structure-assisted design approach may be effective in the development of high-sensitivity metal ion biosensors.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6323, USA.

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
CARBONIC ANHYDRASE II	A	259	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: CA2 EC: 4.2.1.1
Find proteins for P00918 (Homo sapiens) Go to Gene View: CA2 Go to UniProtKB:  P00918

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram & Interactions
ZN	A	ZINC ION Zn PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.35 Å
• Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length (Å)	Angle (°)
a = 42.700	α = 90.00
b = 41.700	β = 104.60
c = 73.000	γ = 90.00

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PROLSQ	refinement

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 1994-12-09 
• Released Date: 1995-02-07 
• Deposition Author(s): Ippolito, J.A., Christianson, D.W.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 1995-02-07
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.3: 2017-11-29
  Type: Derived calculations, Other